Prehospital Traumatic Brain Injury

Tampere University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Traumatic Brain Injury

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01454648

R09161

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to measure the effect of Finnish physician-staffed EMS unit treatment methods on traumatic brain injury (TBI) patient prognosis.

Full description

A secondary aim is to identify out-of-hospital treatment factors that can be influenced by education and protocols.

Enrollment: 458 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• TBI with GCS ≤ 8 or unconsciousness verified by an on-call neurosurgeon during admission to the hospital.

Exclusion criteria

• Multiple trauma

Trial design

458 participants in 2 patient groups

Physician-staffed

Description:

Patients treated by physician-staffed emergency medical service (EMS) unit

Paramedic-staffed

Description:

Patients treated by paramedic-staffed emergency medical service (EMS) unit